BlondCap saidMy mom used to make my twin and I listen to this depressing ass song every NY for our bday. Im so glad Mariah redid it and made an upbeat version so now we can kick our birthday and year off right.

I'd say yes, it does work in the 21st century and well beyond. Robert Burns speaks of universal themes of friendship and companionship in his poem. Times change, but these core values don't change all that much.

BlondCap saidMy mom used to make my twin and I listen to this depressing ass song every NY for our bday. Im so glad Mariah redid it and made an upbeat version so now we can kick our birthday and year off right.

Sadly, it's the tune to my alma mater's fight song (i know, i know)

It's a tradition, at my high school, to sing this at graduation. The cynical 1997 version of me rolled his eyes the entire time while some of the people standing next to me cried their eyes out. I did tear up a little, though, when they played Puff Daddy's "I'll Be Missing You" later in the ceremony. A very dear, and young, teacher of ours died of cancer just a couple of months before graduation, and someone decided to play that song in her honor. It seems they were determined to make us cry one way or another.

I am afraid it doesn't work in the modern age because unfortunately if someone gave out a cup if kindness it woul likely get thrown back in his/her face. Our culture is just too fast paced to stop and care like it used to. It's a nice sentiment, and one I wish we'd take to heart.

I do think we should keep it as a reminder to ourselves that we should be kinder, but on a side note - we're usually to drunk at midnight on NYE to really grasp what the words mean. lol

onaquest870 saidI am afraid it doesn't work in the modern age because unfortunately if someone gave out a cup if kindness it woul likely get thrown back in his/her face. Our culture is just too fast paced to stop and care like it used to. It's a nice sentiment, and one I wish we'd take to heart.

I do think we should keep it as a reminder to ourselves that we should be kinder, but on a side note - we're usually to drunk at midnight on NYE to really grasp what the words mean. lol

I don't know, man. I've found that there are still plenty of kind people in this world. If nothing else, this walk I'm on has reassured me of that. I walked 1,200 miles from NYC to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It took me roughly three months, and only once did I have to sleep in my tent--at that was outside a small country church in North Carolina, after the pastor offered me dinner.